Showing posts with label hills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hills. Show all posts

Friday, 25 July 2014

10 x Hills





So, I went with Constitution Hill to do my reps. Good hill. But if i'm totally honest, looking back at the data. I was surprised at how slow I was. I was trying to maintain an even pace throughout the session. I did do this, but it was an even slow pace.

I guess in the back of my mind I am being cautious. Hills scare me. My last two running injuries have come when running hills at pace. My knees are still sore most of the time. I'm doing my stretches twice a day. But it is coming up to a year since the knee pain started. With no real sign of repair. Running is ok, up to a certain pace, but then the recovery time can be painful. Oh well.... Just need to get to race day!


Before my run, I had planned to hit it quite hard. I had a little flick though my Jim Fixx book for some inspiration. I did find this ....



After the hills I headed home. My knees were very sore,but I needed to reward my brain with stimulation. After the relentless monotony of going up and down the same hill 20 times, a much needed trot down through Christchurch Park was nice.


Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Evening Easy 5 miles

Another nice run this evening. Starting to feel stronger and fitter. Still out of sync with my training plan though.  I needed to drop off a letter to my brothers house, so it was a functional run too. I'll have my rest day tomorrow before attacking the hill session. Plan says 10 x hill, so i'm thinking Constitution Hill 10 times. Should be interesting. Should be a challenge. Should be fun!

I like running, I do!

:-)
Evening Easy 5 by BJP1974 at Garmin Connect - Details






Thursday, 10 July 2014

Day 11: Up n Down.

Day 11 of my training plan. 8 x 1 minute hill repeats.
I decided on Valley road. Its not the steepest hill but it seems to have a consistent gradient, which I though would be better for me and my achey knees. Today was nice and cool. So once I dropped my daughter off at school I headed out for my session. Light warm up run, stretches and then the hills. I really enjoyed it. Although afterwards, while doing the cool down jog, I did wonder whether I should have picked a steeper hill.... maybe next time.


Right... quick bath then off to work!